Sparkling of a Human Chapter 26: One Second Too Late, a transformers fanfic

A/N: So I found that I was writing as little less then I usually do (which I would not stand for at all), so I added a little filler (which is actually an important piece of history. Now you guys will probably pay more attention to every detail in the story ;) ) I hope you guys enjoy this chapter regardless. I'm on a roll with cliffhangers lately…

Foxbear: Exactly. Lucky indeed!

Iceshadow911247: I think anyone who was an Autobot human would do the very same thing.

Oh yes indeed. Especially the dread "Pink medicine" of doom. So disgusting!

XD, yeah I can too. Hence why I put it in the chapter. Yeah, sides is always getting in trouble. Sunshine!

MissShelz: I like him as well, but due to me being born in the wrong generation, he ins;t exactly what he should be. ….*snort*

LadyAmazon: I'm sorry, I hope my bomb didn't jump out of the story to get you too! Unless you meant that they were dead. Then maybe.

Kellie Witwicky: They will eventually. I know he is, but I haven't seen enough of him to get a good grasp on his personality *facepalm*

CatGirlFireflare: I'MGLADYOULIKEITSOMUCH *vents* I'm glad you think so!

Skys Prime: Glad you like it! Here, have another cliffhanger

Autobot-bre: Yup yup!

Lunar Radioactive: XD yeah

Decepticons had been on the planet Earth far longer than Autobots had. They had quickly hid themselves within the ranks of the humans, some opting to stay hidden while others out in the open. Others were more subtle with their disguises while others were more extravagant. Whatever disguise they choose, they were still hidden. Some more than others.

She was one of the few Decepticons who had opted to integrate so much in to human civilization that she was practically one of them. She was, in fact, a pretender. She had taken the life of a human mother not too long ago, disguising herself as said human. While she had not been prepared for the burden forced upon her, she could not say that she was not delighted. She had always wanted to have a child of her own.

And so, TwoFace found her self sitting in what appeared to be a human dwelling. No, she was no longer TwoFace. She was Samantha Weaver, the Decepticon mother of a human child by the name of Abby Weaver.

She smirked at the sound of her child informing her that she was going out to play. She found the child incredibly adorable, deciding to let said child come to her. She could not resist the pouting or upset face of Abby Weaver. Human children were truly adorable.

"Mommy, I told you I wanted to go play with Molly! Why didn't you answer!" Samantha sighed happily as her daughter came in wearing the adorable dress that she had bought a few weeks ago. She smiled before gesturing for the child to come over, who slowly walked over before the pretender pulled her in to a small hug.

"I'm sorry Abby, I was only teasing. I wanted to see your annoyed face before you went off to play" Samantha let go of the human child, delighted to see her embarrassment. Oh how adorable she was indeed! She watched as the child ran off, surely going off to have another little adventure with her doll. Chuckling, Samantha focused on what she had been doing before. So preoccupied, she nearly jumped at the transmission she received.

::TwoFace, prepare to receive the sparkling:: Soundwave's order startled the pretender, dropping the knife she had been using to slicer up a carrot. The sparkling was arriving now? Panicking a little, Twoface nearly jumped as she felt the ground rumble. Soundwave had not given her enough time to prepare as she ran out to the door, stopping at what she saw.

Whether it had been by fate or just pure coincidence, the human daughter of a pretender was to later raise the child of an entirely different race. Samantha had wanted to run out there and snatch the speaking up, but she knew she could not. She would never blow her cover in front of Abby. She knew that by allowing the human to raise the sparkling instead would mark her as a traitor, but she had grown too attached to this planet to care. When she would first meet the sparkling for the first time, she would not care that she was a traitor by acting surprised and scared. When she allowed Abby to keep the sparkling as her son, she would not care that she was a traitor by encouraging the girl to continue raising him throughout her life. When she would be slaughtered without mercy in mission city, she would not care that she was a traitor by protecting humans during that time.

She would not care at all.

2:30…

"A bomb? Optimus we can't save them both without all of us dying!" Sideswipe sounded devastated along with the rest of the Autobots. There they were, in the middle of the ship, currently connected with Sunstreaker. Said mech had given them the news, informing them that they had five minutes left.

"But, we can't just leave the sparklings to die! We can't leave Abby either though…" Bumblebee said sadly, his door wings drooping. Skids and Mudflap looked unusually distressed by the news as well. Ironhide looked as if the end of the world had come crashing down on top of them.

Optimus was distressed himself now. It was times like this that made being Prime the hardest position. He knew that they could not leave the sparklings, but there was also an injured mech and human currently on the other side of the ship. They could not afford to split up, lest there be Decepticons still lingering in large numbers.

"Autobots, we must save…"

8:00…

"This place looks important" Sunstreaker slowly crept in the room, prepared for any impending Decepticon ambush. Abby was currently protected in his left hand, Susntreaker using his right arm for attacking with. To his surprise, no Decepticons came to attack them.

"Did I mention to you that humans don't exactly live in space?" Abby spoke dryly, obviously annoyed with the mech's inability to focus on leaving the ship. Sunstreaker had moved around fast of course, but he had not made any attempts at leaving.

"Did I ever mention that I'm looking for the other Autobots so that you can reunite with them and that I don't have a way of getting off this moon without them?" Sunstreaker responded in the same dry tone. The mech had found that this human was almost an exact replica of Ratchet, only much smaller and female.

Sunstreaker entered a room with several monitors attached to the wall, all currently bearing the same red flashing screen. The Autobot frowned as he got a closer look, slowly reading the words that appeared every few seconds on the screen. Abby read as well, both of their eyes widening at the same time. The ship was going to blow up in less than six minutes.

"Frag!" Sunstreaker cursed, something that would have usually bothered Abby. However, with the knowledge of the ship about to explode, she felt prepared to curse worse than Ironhide when he was angry.

"If this ship is going to blow and the others are on here, then you have to find way to shut it off. Can you do that?" Abby did her best to cover up her panic, doing remarkably well. She spoke in a calm tone with confidence, hiding the fact that she was scared out of her mind.

"If Grimlock was here, I'd send him right on after the slagging bomb. I guess it's up to me to save us all" Sunstreaker was moving quickly, his optics on the monitor as he did his best to try and locate the bomb in the ship. He set Abby down quickly, forgetting that she was a rather delicate human. She grunted loudly, wincing as she hit metal. She was not seriously injured, but she knew she was going to be sore the next day. If she lived past this day.

"Found it! Time to go!" Sunstreaker spoke quickly, swiping her up again before she had a chance to recover. He transformed quickly around her, barreling down the hallway. Abby blinked rapidly, feeling incredibly nauseous by that point. She sighed deeply before bending over and vomiting, nearly causing Sunstreaker to swerve.

"WOAH, THAT WAS NOT COOL" Sunstreaker bellowed. He did not certainly enjoy Abby purging like that inside of him. It was going to take ages to clean it.

"It's certainly not cool for me either. Honestly, do any of you Autobots know how to drive properly?" Abby muttered irritably. Sunstreaker vented loudly, but continued without saying anything.

Abby cursed loudly again when Sunstreaker transformed without warning, keeping a firm grip on her as he slid across the ground. She winced as well at the screeching noise his feet were making as they slid across the metal ground. She was thankful when they finally stopped, Sunstreaker quickly depositing her on the ground before moving forward.

"Do you even know what you're doing?" Abby asked him as he began to study the large and threatening bomb, noting that they had less than four minutes left now.

"I spent a lot of time with the most paranoid bot in existence. I know what I'm doing. I think" Sunstreaker added the last part for amusement, resisting the urge to laugh at her disbelieving expression. Abby shook her head in disapproval, looking over at the doorway. Her heart skipped a beat at what she saw.

"Sunstreaker, behind you" she snapped just as the lone Decepticon fired, hitting Sunstreaker near the spark chamber. The yellow mech collapsed on the spot, nearly crushing Abby in the process. She darted out of the way, only to see the Decepticon reaching for her now. She proceeded to dart right back, doing her best to keep away.

"Come here organic, I won't hurt you. Much" the Decepticon cackled, grinning madly as he made another attempt at catching her again. Abby was growing sick and tired of trying to dodge, but she had no choice. The Decepticon nearly got her, his hands just about to snatcher her up, when he was shot directly in the face. He staggered before falling backwards, shocking Abby. She looked around to see that her savior was none other than an injured Sunstreaker, the mech struggling to stay awake.

::S..sunstreaker….to….any…Aut…obots….out….there….assistan….ce…requi….re….d…Huma…..n….wi..th….me…:: Sunstreaker allowed Abby to listen to it as well, leaving his comm. link on for her so she could listen for any replies. The mech's optics focused on a truly panicking Abby before off lining, Sunstreaker falling in to stasis lock.

::MY SUNSHINE?:: Sideswipe's voice was completely recognizable, almost causing Abby to snort in humor. She would have if the situation was not so dire.

::Sunstreaker, are you there? Answer immediately:: Optimus's baritone voice came up next, sounding truly concerned. Abby decided to try and find a way to communicate, climbing on to Sunstreaker as she looked for a way to communicate. She needed to find his comm. link system.

::Hey, mech you out dere?:: Skids was the next to speak, sounding less concerned than the rest. After all, he did not know Sunstreaker very much.

::Of course he's out dere you glitch:: Mudflap spoke over the comm. link, though he obviously meant for it to reach Skid's audio receptors. Abby snorted as she worked, finding herself searching around Sunstreaker's helm. She felt kind of awkward this way, but she had no choice. She almost screamed when she saw something slimy visible from Sunstreaker's mouth, deciding that it was some sort of tongue after a few seconds.

::Sunstreaker? We need to know your location? Where are you?:: Bumblebee was the first on to sound as panicked as he was beside Sideswipe, genuinely concerned for the mech. Abby found herself smiling slightly at the scout's concern. He was such a sweet mech. It was then when she found what she was looking for, quickly moving to adjust it so she could speak.

::Sunstreaker you glitch head, where are the two of you? Answer me right now!:: Ironhide's demanding tone surprised Abby, but not enough to distract her form her task. Convinced she was connected, she hesitated for about a second before speaking. She did not have the time to feel awkward.

::Ironhide? Anyone?:: Abby did her best to hide her panic, failing remarkably this time. Her shaky voice betrayed her. She truly thought that she had messed up when she received no response, grateful when she finally received a response.

::Abby, tell me where you are and I'll come over there right now! Where are you?:: Ironhide demanded, sounding a little relieved. That being an understatement, as his spark sang at the sound of her voice.

::No, you don't have time. This shop is going to blow in less than three minutes. There is a large group of sparklings on this ship in the nursery. You have to find them:: Abby had remembered them at that moment, opting to urge the Autobots to save the sparklings instead. She knew that even though she was gone, Oneshot would still have Ironhide and a large group of new friends to play with. This was the way she was. Her motherly instincts were shoving aside her will to live, the sparklings far more important than she was. Even though she had only raised them for a short time, they were practically family. She would never let her "children" die.

::WHAT?::

0:30

The door slammed open, the sparkling inside jumping at the sound. Their attention was drawn to the figures walking in to the room, staring at them with bright blue optics. One sparkling let out a delighted noise, his attention focused on the bright yellow mech. Every red optic focused on the same mech, mesmerized by his color. They then proceeded to tackle him.

"Woooah!" Bumblebee was startled by the sparklings that tackled him, they latched on to him without wanting to let go, making it impossible for the scout to try and pry them off. He looked at the others for help, Sideswipe currently too busy snickering at him.

"Autobots, we need to collect them all and leave before the bomb goes off. We have less than a minute, so hurry" Optimus urged them to move quickly, the others obeying without any hesitation. Sideswipe scooped up a few of them, holding them in his arms. Skids and Mudflap bickered over who would carry the most, both carrying more than thought possible. Optimus was the last to scoop the rest of them up, carrying more than Skids and Mudflap combined. He was large enough to carry them without discomfort. However, it was strange that he was carrying so much. Ironhide should have been carrying half of his load.

"Ironhide?" Optimus was about to question the mech, looking around to find that the mech was gone. Sideswipe and the others looked around as well. Ironhide was gone.